Winston Churchill, for so brilliantly extolling Anglo-American civilization

Prince Andrew Romanov, for exemplifying in his own enlightened, kind, philanthropic person why a constitutional monarchy might be good for Russia

Evelyn Waugh, for reminding us what we lost with the advent of Clement Attlee and all the other little men

Nancy Mitford, for showing that, sometimes, history is the work of great men and women

Colin Powell, for demonstrating how fine a quality patriotism can be

Barry Goldwater, for proving that pride in country and tolerance for diversity are compatible

Shelby Steele, for standing up to "political correctness" on matters of race relations (A Dream Deferred, etc.)

John Cardinal Newman, for making the Catholic faith once again worth the respect of English-speaking skeptics (Grammar of Assent, etc.)

Ward Connerly, for almost singlehandedly turning the tide on affirmative action

And among personal friends:

Arthur Collingsworth, for his articulate expression of the aristocratic principle

Tom Flesher, for his acerbic wit in defense of the free market

Robert Dean, for being the very model of a modern entrepreneur

Joe Chen, ditto, Asian-American version

Michael Rossoff, for his brilliant excoriation of the folly of rent "control"

Bryan Hemming, for keeping the culture of the country house weekend alive through several mundane decades